2023-07-09 23:20:00
Almost $45,000 would have paid a driver of the British television channel BBC in exchange for intimate photographs of a teenageras revealed this Sunday by an investigation by the newspaper The Sun. The audiovisual group confirmed that it suspended “a male member” of its staff following the story broke and said the allegations are being treated “very seriously.”
The Sun published on Friday the testimony of the mother of a minor, who accuses without naming a well-known BBC presenter of having delivered some £35,000 ($449,000) to his 17-year-old son in exchange for pornographic photos. The tabloid also revealed exclusively that the television presenter He was seen by the woman “sitting on his sofa in his underwear” and that she saw him strip “to the knees” for a video call with the minor.
I loved watching it on TV,” said the young man’s mother, now 20. “So I was surprised to see a photo of him sitting on a sofa in his house in his underwear. I recognized him immediately. He was leaning forward getting ready for my son to perform for him. My son said to me: ‘I have shown things’ and this was an image of some kind of video call.”
The woman recounted how her son showed her an online bank statement that had numerous deposits made in the TV host’s name. “There were large sums, hundreds or thousands of pounds at a time. I had once sent £5,000 in one go. The money had been in exchange for sexually explicit photographs of my son.”
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According to the newspaper, the family contacted the BBC on May 19 to inform them of the situation, but the presenter continued to host his shows for several more weeks and was paid “a six-figure salary.” The mother begged them to make the man “stop sending money” to her son, but she recounted that In June, the young man received a payment of $1,300 through PayPal in exchange for more intimate audiovisual material.. “My son said he ran out of money and all of a sudden he had this cash“, he recounted.
He added: “It is obvious to me that the BBC had not spoken to this man between our complaint on May 19 and the one in June. We never wanted an investigation. We just wanted the BBC to tell him to stop. At first, the boss Security gave us a number that didn’t exist. Earlier this year I overheard him on the phone telling my son, ‘I told you not to call me.
He said his son had gone from a “happy-go-lucky youngster to a crack-addicted ghost.” “We’ve always had a close relationship. My son would say, ‘Oh, the presenter will give me money later’ or ‘He’ll give me £500’ and ‘I’m going out tonight because he’s given me money.’ he told me but I didn’t want my son to stop trusting me.
“I’ve had three years of hell,” he lamented. “The impact of this has been terrifying. My son was always a great student but there has been a sea change in behavior. He is heartbreaking. In my mind, that man was supplying the crack. My son would not have access to this money if it weren’t for him. If it continues, then my son will end up dead. Exposing this to the public is the only way to stop it.”
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“The presenter never hid his work. He even sent a desk picture of him at work to my son that I saw, ” said the woman to The Sun. “All I want is for this man to stop paying my son for sex photos and to stop funding my son’s drug addiction.”
The driver’s name was not released, but according to The Sun is “a familiar face known to millions of viewers” that, following the claim presented by the young man’s mother, he participated with his BBC bosses in “a reception with champagne and a three-course meal.” Network celebrities such as Gary Lineker, Rylan Clark and Jeremy Vine have denied they are the person being investigated.
The British government told the audiovisual group that the allegations “must be urgently and sensitively investigated.” The Culture Minister in charge of British media, Lucy Frazerwrote on Twitter that BBC director-general Tim Davie assured him that the public group was investigating the case “promptly and sensitively”.
In the statement published Sunday, the BBC confirmed that it “was first made aware of a complaint in May.” “On Thursday we received new accusations of a different nature and, in addition to our own investigations, We have contacted external authorities, as indicated by our protocols”he added. His director stated, for his part, that he “totally condemns the unfounded rumors that are spreading on the Internet regarding some of our presenters.”
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